"Elder Yi, do you think this means the Master is about to advance in rank? I see signs of lightning in the clouds. If he is advancing, we can't be so close, it will affect him."
Liu Daoqi strained his neck and shouted at the distant Elder Yi Potian with all his might. His voice was naturally mixed with true energy. At this moment, they didn't need to worry about disturbing Lin Yao, because their voices were very small in the raging storm. They couldn't even use the "sound transmission" method to communicate. They could only shout in the most primitive way. If they didn't mix in true energy, this shout would still be ineffective, even though they were all Heaven-level experts.
"I don't know!" Elder Yi Potian shouted loudly, the veins on his neck bulging. He was quite conflicted, not knowing how to help Lin Yao. They had never experienced or even heard of this situation before. This was quite an eye-opener for them.
"Oh no! We need to retreat!"
Situ Wentian roared with all his might, then controlled his body to back away from Lin Yao. The pressure in the sky became increasingly obvious, even surpassing the pressure of heaven and earth when he himself advanced to the Heavenly Rank. If anyone told him that Lin Yao wasn't advancing, he would definitely slap them.
The dark clouds pressed down even lower, making the three Heavenly-level ancient martial artists on the ground feel immense pressure. Everyone in the entire military region had already evacuated. General Xia Luobing had long been dragged to the outer area by Elder Xia. After becoming close friends with Elder Yi Potian, the old man had heard many strange tales about ancient martial artists and had already judged that his beloved grandson-in-law was about to break through to the Heavenly or even Super Heavenly level. This was because the current phenomenon was different from the rumors he had heard and had far exceeded the descriptions in the stories.
Fleeting lightning bolts flickered in the clouds, twisting and tumbling within them. From the ground, they appeared to be at least as thick as a child's arm, and this was just a visual effect; they must have been as thick as a bucket high in the sky.
"Oh no! Yaoyao! Wake up! Quickly move to fight it off!"
Xiaocao's panicked voice rang out; she sensed danger. But Lin Yao remained lost in thought, as if his cultivation had no end and he paid no attention to anything else.
The warning from the little grass that Lin Yao was most concerned about was indeed effective. Lin Yao instantly snapped out of his daze, and his two wandering thoughts merged into one, making him realize his predicament.
The operation of the cultivation technique no longer required his control; it had become an instinct. His understanding of life philosophy or worldview had also lost its meaning. The key issue now was to deal with the crisis of the ever-expanding true qi within his body and the danger from the outside. At this moment, he had not yet had time to sense the pressure and danger in the sky. He only felt that his body was surrounded by rampant spiritual energy of heaven and earth, which was not only extremely pure but also changed at a speed as fast as lightning.
"What the hell am I thinking! Ants, ants, we're all going to die anyway. So what if we're ants! Even if we're ants, I'm going to be an ant king! That's it!"
In an instant, Lin Yao put an end to his thoughts and withdrew his unfocused gaze. The scene before him shocked him, and he finally understood why Xiao Cao was so panicked.
The light from the lightning in the clouds illuminated the dark night sky, making it flicker. Lin Yao noticed this and immediately looked up, finally seeing a scene that terrified him.
"What the hell?! Is this an advancement?!"
Lin Yao had already lost his composure. Uncomfortable swear words kept popping into his head. He felt that this world was too crazy, and even the advancement was so incomprehensible and inexplicable.
"Hurry! Defend!"
The little grass didn't have time to urge him; it instantly stretched out all its tentacles onto Lin Yao's body, even disregarding the "Morning Mist" toxin within him. In this life-or-death moment, it had no time to care about anything else; saving Lin Yao's life was the priority.
Lin Yao's head was especially well taken care of by the little grass. If its tendrils were visible to the naked eye, Lin Yao's head would be covered with a thick bird's nest, which touched Lin Yao, who was busy with the care.
"Stop it, you son of a bitch!"
Lin Yao hardened his heart and recklessly controlled the rapidly circulating medical true energy within his body. He drew out a large amount of true energy to defend his body surface, focusing on protecting his head like a blade of grass, to prevent it from being struck open by heavenly lightning. However, he did not expect that the forced control would cause the rapidly circulating true energy within his body to stagnate. This immediately shattered the nearby meridians, and excruciating pain instantly assaulted his mind, causing him to cry out in pain.
Suddenly, the storm stopped, as if it had never existed in this world, and the debris in the air slowly drifted down to the ground.
The clouds in the sky stopped churning and spread outwards in all directions as if a gate to heaven had opened. A bright spot appeared at the very center, and it grew brighter and brighter as the clouds receded, instantly illuminating the ground as if it were daytime.
A dazzling beam of light descended silently from the clouds. Like a straight pillar of light, or like Sun Wukong's golden cudgel shining brightly as it pierced the ground from the sky, its target being Lin Yao's head.
"ah!"
"ah!"
The First Elder Yi Potian and Liu Daoqi exclaimed in surprise at the same time. They were already a hundred meters away, but they could still feel the terror of the pillar of light. Only Situ Wentian suddenly accelerated and rushed towards the pillar of light. He wanted to repay Lin Yao for saving his life.
The silent beam of light seemed to descend slowly from the sky, yet it was also faster than lightning, connecting the clouds and Lin Yao in a single instant.
Ah~
The little grass let out a soft cry, and the rest of the sound immediately disappeared, as if it had lost all its vitality.
The "bird's nest" made of grass tendrils on Lin Yao's head disappeared silently in the pillar of light, without even the slightest obstruction, and his true energy was the same.
Ah~~~~~~~~
Lin Yao screamed in agony, as if he were using every ounce of his strength. He was engulfed in a state of numbness and excruciating pain, as if he had fallen into the eighteenth layer of defense and was enduring endless torment.
In an instant, everything around Lin Yao was vaporized. Apart from him, there was nothing left to support him. The only sensation Lin Yao felt was that of freefall, and he had no other memory of it.
"How's the grass?"
My first thought was to look at the little grass on my chest, but I found that the grass had disappeared, leaving only a cloud of silvery-white mist. The rolling silvery-white mist inside looked like lightning rolling in the clouds, but I couldn't feel the presence of the grass.
"I'm going to die! I don't want to go..."
Suddenly, a thought arose in Lin Yao's mind, and he felt all hope vanish. He could no longer feel his body or his true energy; his mind was filled only with that swirling cloud of mist.
"No! Little grass!"
Summoning his last bit of strength, Lin Yao suddenly and inexplicably used the hand seals of the pseudo-elixir fire. Of course, he couldn't possibly use the real hand seals, but the hand seal techniques he had practiced hundreds of thousands or even millions of times had become instinctive. He wanted to use this method to control the lightning in the clouds, because those lightning bolts looked like the pseudo-elixir fire leaping in the alchemy furnace.
The lightning flickered, then flickered again. And flickered once more…
Before he could even feel a sense of surprise, Lin Yao was completely absorbed in using the hand seals and mental techniques to control the lightning in the clouds. He had no other thoughts, not even about himself.
He was jolted and felt a slight discomfort in his body, but Lin Yao immediately dismissed that feeling and continued to focus all his attention on controlling the lightning with his mental techniques.
The silvery lightning gradually took on a regular pattern, wriggling slightly like a small earthworm. With Lin Yao's attention and increased control through his mental techniques, the small earthworm jumped up quickly, as if moving rhythmically in the alchemy furnace.
Refine! I refine! I'll keep refining!
Time had lost its meaning, everything had lost its meaning. Lin Yao only wanted to control this electric light. He couldn't let the electric light burn the grass, because that was the most important thing to him, the most important person to him!
After an unknown amount of time, the lightning became clearer and clearer, and the clouds and mist became thinner and thinner. In the end, only the lightning, like silver snakes, was jumping up and down. At its center, there was a bright silver sphere. Lin Yao was very familiar with this sphere. The seed that the little grass had formed before it gained sentience looked exactly like this.
alright?
It failed?
Lin Yao dared not think any further. He tried to withdraw the lightning from the grass and back into his body. To his surprise, he found a crystal-clear bead on his chest. The lightning flashed and disappeared into the bead, and he could no longer see it. However, Lin Yao could clearly feel that it was inside the bead. This bead was closely connected to him, as if it were the healing energy in his meridians.